Score: 8
"yeah!!"
date: August 17, 2009
i usually don't really go for these top-down survival things buti played to near enough the end of level 3 and liked what i saw!
there's a few definite negative aspects though so i'll go for some bullet points
Gooooood!
-visuals were nice looking and well conceived, classic survival horror style
-definite challenge, it's not easy! travelling anywhere poses a threat, which makes for good gameplay if you're going for the exit with barely any health.
- sound effects were great. i thought i recognised a few...Resident Evil was mentioned in your text? does anyone else think the test-tube pick up sound is from Dead Space?
- the upgrades really make a difference, especially the speed ones, cos you're slow as hell at the start
Baaaaad!
-the machine gun and the shot gun seem terribly weak. i used the armor piercer almost the entire time.
-maybe feels a bit repetitive. because the levels are fairly long and hard, it's kind of a bit of a downer having to start more or less the same thing straight away in a longer and harder level.
-noticed a possible bug with the grenades, where if you're holding down click to auto fire the guns and hit space for a grenade....nothing happens, your grenade ammo goes down but no grenade is thrown :(
overall, a really well designed and constructed game, and not just your usual top down survival....like that god awful thing where you're an SAS guy in a house with incoming zombies....dunno what it's called but BLEEEGH!
well done! :D